Laptop Options

x-pride · 09-05-2006

Honestly if you are keeping the Laptop for a long time. I would upgrade the Proccessor to the fastest they have, go with dual dim so you can upgrade if needed later(if you go only 1g to start with). Better graphics card and for hd I would opt for a 100g and then buy an exteral usb drive HD to store all your data. The nice thing about the media xp is that you can record you favorite tv show.

DoughtCom · 09-06-2006

Go with a midrange CPU... maybe the 1.66GHz with the 667FSB. Honestly I had a 1.66 single core and upgraded to the 2.13 on my last laptop and didn't notice a difference. MHz really doesn't matter much especially when using it for windows apps. And really considering the cost difference.

Get 1-1.5GHz of RAM you'll have hibernation problems 90% of the time with anything over that, if you hibernate. Get the lowest amount of RAM you can there and get the rest at newegg and save 100 or so dollars.

The 80GB 7200RPM drive is the best option that's what I have in my 1705 and it's awesome.

And I think I would get the ATI 1300 or something... maybe the intels are nice now but they used to blow total ass. If you're a gamer.... go with the 7300... this will be about as fast a 6800go... well almost.

Hope this helps.